Berger



(No Model.)

F. HASSELBERGER.

POCKET BOOK.

No. 568,728. Patented Apr. 21, 1896.

BY ATTOI? -Y.

NlTE STATES ATENT. FFICE.

FREDERICK IIASSELBERGER, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y.

POCKET-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 558,728, dated April 21, 1896. Application filed December 26, 1895. Serial No. 573,376. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK IIAssEL- BERGER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket-Books, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an improved pocket-book, and more especially to a pocketbook for ladies use, in which separate coin and bill pockets are arranged in such a manner that when the bill-pocket is open the coinpocket is closed and when the latter is open the bill-pocket is closed, so that coin and banknotes can be taken out when making payments Without dropping from either compartment; and the inventionconsists of a pocketbook provided with .a pocket having hinged jaws and a locking device for said jaws, said pocket being arranged with a partition and folding gussets and an overhanging straight top flange connected with the side gussets, so as to form compartments for the coin and the bank-notes and auxiliary partitions having side gussets and connecting top gussets both for the coin and bank-note compartments, as will be fully described hereinafter, and finally pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved pocket-book, showing the coin-compartment in open position, so that coin may be removed from the same. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the pocket-book, showing it in open position for taking out a bank-note 5 and Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section on line 3 3, Fig. 2, showing the book in open position.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a pocket-book which is provided with the usual auxiliary pockets for visiting-cards, due, and with a folding pocket 13 for bank-notes and coin. The folding pocket B is provided with a folding frame, the jaws O C of which are pivoted to each other at their ends and provided with a spring locking device (1 at the center of the jaws, so that the jaws can be readily opened or closed in the usual manner.

To the pivoted jaws of the frame 0 are applied folding side gussetsf, which are divided by a partition f into two compartments, a larger one for the coin and a smaller one for bank-notes. At the back of each compartment for the coin, as well as for the banknotes, are located partitions G and H, which are connected by folding gussets g h with the jaws of the frame 0, as shown clearly in the drawings, so that a comparatively large quantity of coin and bank-notes can be placed in the respective compartments of the book.

At the upper end of thejaw G is arranged a straight top flange or lip 9, that extends transversely between the folding side gussets f, said folding side gussets being extended in upward direction, so as to connect with. the ends of the top flange. The. top flange or lip 9 serves for. closing partly or entirely the coin-compartment when the compartment for bank-notes is opened, as the partition f is moved over to the flange g, as shown in Fig. 2, so that any coin is prevented from being dropped from its compartment, while when coin is to be taken from the compartment the partition f is moved toward the opposite jaw C, so that the bank-note compartment is thereby held in compressed or closed position and thereby access to the same or the dropping of bank-notes from the same prevented.

\Vhen the coin and bank-notes are placed in their respective compartments and the jaws are closed, the straight flange or lip moves toward the inside of the coin-compartment and forms thereby a kind of cover or protector for the coin, so as to prevent any accidental escape of coin from their compartment while the book is carried in the pocket.

The advantages of my improved pocketbook are, first, that a separate pocket is formed for the coin and for the bank-notes; second, that when the coin-compartment is open the bill or bank-note compartment is necessarily compressed and closed, and, vice versa, when the bills have to be removed the coin-compartment is partly or entirely closed by the overlapping top flange, so that the accidental dropping of coin or bills is almost entirely prevented, and, third, that when opening the frame of the book the coin and bank-notes, being separated from each other, can be separately reached and conveniently removed or inserted, even with gloved fingers.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A pocket-book, provided with a folding 5 pocket formed of pivoted jaws and a locking 10 respectively, a straight top flange or lip connecting the upper ends of the folding side gussets of the coin-compartment, and auxiliary partitions having side gussets and connecting top gussets both for the coin and banknote compartments, substantially as set forth. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of tWo subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK HASSELBERGER. Vitnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, GEO. W. J AEKEL. 

